Cake former



0. SHEPPARD, JR.

CAKE FORMER Apr. 3, 1923.

Z SHEETS-SHEET FILED MAY 2, 1921.

' HTTORNEYJi 0. SHEPPARD JR.

CAKE FORMER Apr. 3, 1923.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FILED MAY @1921:

Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

V UNITED ST S,

T ORLANDO SHEPPARD, an, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR T0 BUCKEYE IRONt BRASS WORKS, 0F DAYTON, OHIOA CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CAKE FORMER.

Application filed May 2, 1921. Serial No. 466,254.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO SHEPPARD, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cake Formers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to cake formers and in particular to the mechanism for charging cake formers employed in forming cakes from oil bearing material.

The object of my invention is to evenly distribute and evenly pack meal in the forming box of a cake former as it is delivered to the former. It is a further object to provide means to secure uniform density in the meal so deposited in order that the resulting cake will likewise have a uniform density.

It is my object to provide a mechanism for this purpose which may be adjusted readily for varying degrees of density of packing of the meal. It is my object to provide a mechanism which may be adjusted to secure varying heights of the meal deposited in the forming box. It is my object to provide mechanism for packing the meal in one direction and giving the meal a final treatment on its surface to level it and smooth it when the mechanism goes in the other direction.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a former with the charging mechanism in section;

Fig. 2, is an end view of the packing and smoothing blade;

Fig. 3, is an enlarged section of the charging mechanism in the act of charging a box;

Fig. 4, is a section through the wall of the box and the stop mechanism.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is the base of a former upon which is mounted the forming box 2 having a bottom 3 and side walls 44=.

5 is the head which is stationary and sup-. ported upon the standards 6. 7 is the operating lever for controlling the valves delivering actuating liquid to the actuating cylinder 8 in which travels the actuating piston 9 for moving the charging box 10. This chargin box may be of any desired shape, but pre erably generally rectangular in section. It is filled from a spout or other orifice at the bottom of the lowermost kettle of a cooker. The meal having been delivered into 10 from the cooker it is moved to the right hand over the forming box 2 where it is deposited. This box travels upon the bed 11.

Within the box is swung a blade 12 on. 14: is an end plate for the blade a rod 13. whichmay or may-not be employed. I

prefer to employ such an end plate in order stroke it is free to move to the horizontalposition shown in dotted lines at 20. On

the return stroke the weight of 12 is simply used to smooth the surface of the meal which has been deposited. 21 designates the meal which is packed down and smoothed by the forward action of the hopper from which the meal has been deposited and by the blade 12.

While I have shown and described certain features as constituting my invention, it will be understood that parts have been shown for purposes of illustration only, and that I do not desire to be limited to such details, I

as obvious modifications will occur to son skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure a pervby Letters Patent, is

1. In a former, a charging box, a receptacle to be charged, means to move said charging box adjacent to said box to be charged, and means actuated with the charging box for packing the material so deposited.

2. In a former, a charging box, a receptacle tobe charged, means to move said charging box adjacent to said box to be charged, means carried by the charging box for packing the material so deposited and means for adjusting the position of the packing means.

3. In a former, a charging box, a box to be charged, means for moving said charg ing box over said box, means in'said charging box to uniformly pack and generally a level the material deposited in the box by the charging box when traveling in'one direction and to ride on the surface of the material so deposited when moving in the other direction.

a. In a former, a charging box, a box to be charged, means for moving said charging box over said box, means in said charging box to uniformly pack and generally level the material deposited in the box by the charging box when traveling in one direction and to ride on the surface of the material so deposited when moving in the other direction, and means to limit the movement of the packing and leveling means when the charging box is traveling in its initial direction.

5. In a former, a charging box, a box to be charged, means for moving said charging box over said box, means in said charging box to uniformly pack and generally level the material deposited in the box by the charging box when traveling in one direction and to ride on the surface of the material so deposited when moving in the other direction, meansto limit the movement of the packing and leveling means when the charging box is traveling in its initial direction, and means for adjusting said limiting means to a desired position.

6. in a former, a charging box, a box to be charged, means for actuating said charging box to move it over said box, a supporting means located transversely of said charging box adjacent the material deposited by it in the box, a transverse blade supported thereon, said blade being adapted to swing within said charging box.

7. In a former, a charging box, a box to be charged, means for actuating said charging box to move it over said box, a supporting means located transversely of said charging box adjacent the material deposited by it in the box, a transverse blade supported thereon, said blade being adapted to swing within said charging box, and a pin located on one. wall of said charging box for limiting the movement of the blade in one direction.

8. In a former, a charging box, a box to be charged, means for actuating said charging box to move itover said box, a supporting means located transversely of said charging box adjacent the material deposited by it in the box, a transverse blade supported thereon, said blade being adapted to swing within said charging box, a pin located on one wall of said charging box for limiting the movement of the blade in one direction, and means for adjusting the position of said pin with respect to said charging box and means for fixing said pin in any desired adjustment.

9. In a former, a charging box, means for moving said charging box adjacent to and from a box to be charged, abox to be charged, a rod located transversely in said charging box, an end plate mounted on said rod at either end thereof adjacent each of the walls of the hopper, a blade carried thereby therebetween, a pin on one of said walls to limit the motion of the end plates and shade when the charging box is traveling in one direction, a slot in said wall in which said pin is adapted to travel, and means for fixing said pin at any desired place in said slot.

in testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ORLANDO SHEPPARD, JR. 

